What to do with Peppers

[jimo]

Have quite a few peppers on now and I only eat a few. My question is what do you guys do with peppers? Does anyone dehydrate them or use them in other recipes or what???

[farmertrappe]

I freeze any extra, either sliced up or left whole for stuffing with rice and meat.

[flags]

I save a few jars of dill pickle juice and put sliced peppers and sweet onions in the juice with some garlic and crushed red peppers. Leave them for a couple weeks in the fridge (I have an extra fridge for stuff like this) and they come out real tasty. I also dice them up and vacuum pack them in the freezer and use them as needed. You can dehydrate them and then grind them into powder. Paprika is nothing more than a sweet red pepper that is dried and ground.

[hogkiller]

We grow a few banana peppers and pickle them for salads and sammiches,,no need canning them in my house because food never last's long enough for me to can anything. They're supposed to last 3 months pickled and so far so good.

[Jack of all Trapping]

Sept 1, 2014 5:11:13 GMT -5 farmertrappe said:

I freeze any extra, either sliced up or left whole for stuffing with rice and meat.

Same here.

[jimo]

Thanks guys! Do you just slice and freeze in a ziplock freezer bag? I froze some before and thought they were kinda mushy when thawed out. Maybe they had been in freezer to long.

[cam]

Peppers don't freeze worth a damn, as you found out. I've had some luck vacuum sealing them then freezing, but it ain't the same.

My solution: Salsa. And lots of it.

[TrapnJoe]

I don't know what kind of peppers you have, but if it's a good variety you're in luck. At the end on the season we take all of our peppers that are left in the garden, all green, red and yellow bell peppers, cayenne, jalapeno, serrano, you name it we dry it grind in food processor mix it all together. We use this in meat loaf, burgers, casseroles, pizza, etc. where ever you want. This is just what we do, hope it helps.

[jimo]

Thanks guys, Trapnjoe I'm going to try drying and grinding some. Sounds like a good way to keep and make use of them.

[histopicker]

It depends on what type of pepper i am dealing with. Extra Bell peppers get cut up and frozen. Put them in zip-locs with water and lay flat (water prevents freezer burn). Jalapenos get pickled. Cayenne gets dried and ground, I use it instead of black pepper. New mex or Anaheim peppers get roasted and peeled then frozen the same as Bell's. Hungarian hot wax get pickled with the cherry bells. If i have some nice Anaheim type I might make Ristras and dry them. I sell these for around 25.00 as novelty items.

[jimo]

We just pickled a quart of banana peppers to see how we like them. Going to dry some also but need to get a dehydrator. Probably just borrow one to try.

[billfosburgh]

we make stuffed peppers & freeze them

[penokeemtn5]

Bell peppers we freeze they keep just fine but we use them often

[blanko12]

I put them in the freezer, sliced not in water. When needed I shake out a few